Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/léiˀpāˀ

This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Has been connected to Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick, smear”) (cf. Slavic *lěpìti), but according to Derksen, the acute accent prohibits such a derivation.[1]

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Noun

*léiˀpāˀ f[1][2][3]

  1. linden tree

Inflection

Declension of *léiˀpāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
singular dual plural
nominative *léiˀpāˀ *léiˀpāiˀ *léiˀpās
accusative *léiˀpā(ˀ)n *léiˀpāiˀ *léiˀpā(ˀ)ns
genitive *léiˀpā(ˀ)s *léiˀpāu(ˀ) *léiˀpōn
locative *léiˀpāiˀ *léiˀpāu(ˀ) *léiˀpā(ˀ)su
dative *léiˀpāi *léiˀpā(ˀ)mā(ˀ) *léiˀpā(ˀ)mas
instrumental *léiˀpāˀn *léiˀpā(ˀ)māˀ *léiˀpā(ˀ)mīˀs
vocative *léiˀpa *léiˀpāiˀ *léiˀpās

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: līpa
    • Latvian: liepa
    • Lithuanian: li̇́epa
  • Proto-Slavic: *lìpa (see there for further descendants)
  • →? Proto-Finnic: *leppä (see there for further descendants)
  • → Proto-Samic: *leajpē (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lìpa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 279: “*léiʔpaʔ (léʔipaʔ)”
  2. ^ Kim, Ronald (2018), “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook‎[1], Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN
  3. ^ SEJL2, page 350‒351: “líepa”
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